Types of Extended Education in View of the Socioeconomic/Ethnic Intersection in Israel
摘要
This study aims to examine the different types of extended education in Israel and how they vary based on the intersection between socioeconomic and ethnic contexts. The study is based on a statistical analysis of the Ministry of Education’s administrative data and on information from formal publications. It appears that extended education, although not widely and systematically being examined, is a normative phenomenon among children and youth. Extended education includes diverse types that are initiated and publicly funded by the Ministry of Education, as well as privately organized activities that parents pay for. However, while state sponsored education is available mostly to Israeli-Arabs and to the low socioeconomic population, private extended education is more prevalent in the Jewish sector and predominantly among those who study in high socioeconomic schools. Hence, in Israel, extended education is a mechanism that can perpetuate social reproduction and an additional aspect of the inequality of educational opportunities.